闪烁 (閃爍) shǎn​shuò
twinkle verb
to glisten, glitter, twinkle, or flicker

The stars across the sky twinkled in the dark night.

equivocate verb
to be evasive or to avoid direct answers

When questioned, he spoke evasively and did not dare to answer directly.

Frequency

Written text
0.006 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)